BAR 1 Betting Handicap Hurdle.
Cork · Sunday, 7 Dec · 16:00
· 2m 4f
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
12:00
Off time
24
Runners
Soft to Heavy
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
BETWEEN FRIENDS (IRE
🥈 Second
JONNY CARROL (IRE
🥉 Third
JUKEBOX JOHNNY (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 25 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
5.50
9/2
02 · 🥈 2nd
6
5/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
6.50
11/2
04 · —
7.50
13/2
05 · —
10
9/1
06 · —
11
10/1
07 · —
13
12/1
08 · —
13
12/1
09 · —
15
14/1
10 · —
17
16/1
11 · —
21
20/1
12 · —
21
20/1
13 · —
21
20/1
14 · —
21
20/1
15 · —
23
22/1
16 · —
26
25/1
17 · —
26
25/1
18 · —
26
25/1
19 · —
26
25/1
20 · —
41
40/1
21 · —
41
40/1
22 · —
67
66/1
23 · —
81
80/1
24 · —
81
80/1
25 · —
81
80/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1 | — |
Happy Dreams (G)
28/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy) 19 days ago, driven out. Hit with 11 lb rise for that easy win but he can be a factor again.
|
3/12166 | Sean O'Keeffe | M J McDonagh | 8 | 75.3 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 6th | 2 | — |
The Night Agent (G)
Respectable fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (21.9f, soft, 66/1) 14 days ago. Makes handicap debut and scope for better given bumper form.
|
234-756 | Sean Flanagan | D E Fitzgerald | 7 | 75.3 kg |
7.50
13/2
|
| — | 3 | — |
Jonny Carrol (G)
Thrice-raced maiden. 10/1, third of 5 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.8f, heavy) 24 days ago. Very likely improver now handicapping given the yard he represents.
|
353P/ | Jack Kennedy | G Elliott | 4 | 74.8 kg |
15
14/1
|
| 20th | 4 | — |
Don't Talk (G)
[P1]
12/1, unseated rider in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (21f, soft). Off 7 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces on 1st time.
|
115U/00 | Ben Harvey | K Thornton | 8 | 74.4 kg |
67
66/1
|
| 5th | 5 | — |
Oneforgonzo (G)
Fell in handicap hurdle at this course (24.2f, soft, 11/1) 14 days ago third when fell 2 out, looking sure to be placed.
|
8254/15 | Danny Mullins | S Aherne | 7 | 74.4 kg |
10
9/1
|
| — | 6 | — |
Between Friends (M)
Lightly-raced maiden. 12/1, below form sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, heavy) 28 days ago, not knocked about. Up in trip on handicap debut and has to be of serious interest for feared connections.
|
0256P/ | Mark Walsh | E Bolger | 5 | 73.9 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 3rd | 7 | — |
Caesar Rock (G)
[P]
Eighth of 11 in handicap chase (28/1) at Wexford (19.6f, soft) 42 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Booking of Kenneally a plus. Cheekpieces back on.
|
83422-2 | Michael Kenneally | M F Morris | 9 | 73.9 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 4th | 8 | — |
Jukebox Johnny (G)
80/1, ninth of 15 in novice hurdle at this course (15.9f, soft) 14 days ago. Up in trip. Booking of O'Keeffe a plus. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should progress.
|
094/5P7- | Darragh O'Keeffe | H De Bromhead | 5 | 73.9 kg |
17
16/1
|
| 19th | 9 | — |
Luck Between Us (G)
Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, sixth of 8 in novice hurdle (18/1) at Thurles (22.5f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut and mark asks for more.
|
428360 | John Shinnick | D Duggan | 5 | 73.9 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 17th | 10 | — |
Zefiro Dodville (G)
Twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (24f, good to soft, 40/1) 124 days ago.
|
897005 | Conor Lamon | A Sexton | 7 | 73.9 kg |
81
80/1
|
| 7th | 11 | — |
Is Charlie Around (G)
Unseated rider in novice chase at Gowran (20f, heavy, 28/1) on debut over fences 29 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.
|
U723F2 | Ricky Doyle | Eamon Courtney | 6 | 73.5 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 12th | 12 | — |
Rochestown (G)
13/2, career best when winning 6-runner handicap chase at Tramore (21.7f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Switches from chase to hurdles and has the same mark to work with,
|
3191-00 | Phillip Enright | Brendan Walsh | 10 | 73 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 1st | 13 | — |
Dgalwaygallivantor (G)
[T]
Course winner. Latest win in chase at Downpatrick in May 2024. 7/2, creditable third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (18f, soft). Off 14 months so fitness taken on trust
|
3269/13- | Eoin Staples | G P Cromwell | 6 | 72.6 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 9th | 14 | — |
Likealightswitch (M)
12/1, good third of 16 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16.1f, heavy) 29 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.
|
339221 | Shane O'Callaghan | A Sexton | 4 | 72.6 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 10th | 15 | — |
River Vale (G)
FAV
[T]
Winner in chase at Thurles in October. 5/2, good third of 10 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (24.5f, heavy) 16 days ago.
|
018DF4 | Mr A Burke-Ott | M Winters | 9 | 72.6 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| — | 16 | — |
Siege Ofjadotville (G)
Creditable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle (11/2) at Fairyhouse (20.4f, heavy) 16 days ago.
|
910/6U8 | Ross Berry | M Hassett | 5 | 72.1 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 8th | 17 | — |
Happy Me (G)
17/2, respectable fourth of 8 in novice hurdle at this course (20.4f, good to soft) 56 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.
|
04830/6 | Danny Gilligan | W J Burke | 5 | 71.7 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| — | 18 | — |
Edge Of Darkness (G)
Thirteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at this course (24.2f, soft, 100/1) 14 days ago.
|
980006 | Daniel King | D Howard | 5 | 71.2 kg |
81
80/1
|
| 14th | 19 | — |
Maxicourt (G)
Unreliable sort. 66/1, bit below form fifth of 16 in novice hurdle at this course (15.9f, soft) 14 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.
|
5008-9P | Shane Fitzgerald | P J Duffy | 4 | 70.8 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 18th | 20 | — |
Just For One (G)
Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Sixth of 14 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Tramore (16.2f, soft) 12 days ago. Up in trip for handicap debut and that's sure to suit.
|
602PP1/ | Jordan Gainford | D G Murphy | 4 | 69.9 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 15th | 21 | — |
Ardera Gun (G)
[P1T]
16/1, below form thirteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) 21 days ago. Up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time.
|
74-0007 | Donagh Meyler | E Doyle | 5 | 69.4 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 11th | 22 | — |
Carlas Big Jim (G)
Seventeen runs since last win in 2024. 9/1, seventh of 9 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (24.2f, heavy) 16 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Has fallen to a workable mark.
|
5/P609F- | Eoin Walsh | L J Archdeacon | 7 | 69.4 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 13th | 23 | — |
Halsafari (G)
Won 11-runner handicap hurdle at this course (15.9f, soft, 16/1) 14 days ago, driven clear. Back up in trip. Not taken lightly given he retains handicap scope.
|
77364-6 | Harry Sexton | J Barcoe | 12 | 67.1 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 16th | 24 | — |
Shanroe Nelson (G)
Thrice-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (18.7f, heavy, 66/1) 19 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.
|
9063P5 | Gavin Brouder | K Thornton | 6 | 65.8 kg |
81
80/1
|
| — | 25 | — |
In The Minus (G)
9/2, fifth of 6 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (15.8f, heavy) 24 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Looks competitive on form. RESERVE.
|
1280-50 | Reserve 1 | B Cawley | 3 | 69.9 kg |
21
20/1
|
Betting forecast: River Vale (9/2), Halsafari (5/1), Happy Me (11/2), The Night Agent (13/2), Oneforgonzo (9/1), Siege Ofjadotville (10/1), Dgalwaygallivantor (12/1), Happy Dreams (12/1), Jonny Carrol (14/1), Jukebox Johnny (16/1), Is Charlie Around (20/1), Ardera Gun (20/1), In The Minus (20/1), Between Friends (20/1), Caesar Rock (22/1), Likealightswitch (25/1), Rochestown (25/1), Maxicourt (25/1), Just For One (25/1), Carlas Big Jim (40/1), Luck Between Us (40/1), Don't Talk (66/1), Shanroe Nelson (80/1), Zefiro Dodville (80/1), Edge Of Darkness (80/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 9000.0 EUR |
| P2 | 3000.0 EUR |
| P3 | 1500.0 EUR |
| P4 | 750.0 EUR |
| P5 | 450.0 EUR |
| P6 | 300.0 EUR |